Herbert Jaffa; Second World War; World War II; Townsville; lectures; Townsville at War; correspondence; book reviews
Summary
At the age of twenty-one, Herbert Jaffa was stationed in Townsville for eight months during 1942 with his U.S. Signals Unit. In 1980, as Emeritus Professor of Humanities at New York University, he returned to Townsville to present a lecture series on Australian literature at James Cook University.
These records consist of the manuscript of "The Townsville Lectures" (published in 1992 as Townsville at War: a Soldier Remembers), correspondence relating to the manuscript, negotiations concerning its publication and other research material.
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References
Related publications held in the NQ Collection at James Cook University Library:
Jaffa, H.C. (1992). Townsville at war: A soldier remembers. Townsville, Australia: Foundation for Australian Literary Studies.